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FriendFinder Plans to Join Senior Secured Surge: New Issue Alert
FriendFinder Networks Inc., the publisher of Penthouse magazine, is marketing debt as sales of senior secured notes rise toward a record.
The company may issue $296 million of senior secured bonds due in 2013 to recapitalize, simplify its capital structure and extend maturities, according to Standard & Poor's.
Senior secured issuance this year has totaled $60.2 billion through September, more than double any year prior to 2009, according to JPMorgan Chase & Co. analysts led by Peter Acciavatti. Senior secured sales were $62.4 billion last year, and averaged $11 billion annually from 2005 to 2008.
"Companies are being very proactive at this point to refinance the mountain of bank loans that are coming to maturity in 2013 and 2014, and that's a positive," said Wesley Sparks, head of U.S. fixed income at Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. in New York. "It justifies tighter spreads in the high-yield bond universe as we now have a higher percentage of notes that are senior secured bonds."
Senior secured bonds have priority over other classes of debt and equity on a corporation's assets in the event of liquidation.
Syndicated U.S. leveraged loans peaked at $878 billion in 2007, the year the financial crisis began, and fell to $169 billion last year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The total this year is $261.4 billion, the data show.
Bond-Market Demand
"The leveraged loan market had really ballooned a few years ago," Sparks said. "But the space is shrinking, and therefore companies are financing themselves in the market where there is demand and that is in the bond market."
The extra yield investors demand to own speculative-grade debt instead of Treasuries fell 6 basis points to 602 basis points yesterday, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index. Absolute yields fell 6 basis points to 7.77 percent, the lowest since June 6, 2007.
"There's still a fair amount of refinancing left to go, but there's also a fair bit of time to work on this," Sparks said. "At the same time, high-yield companies cannot wait until 2012 to refinance, because investors might not lend at that point."
Companies sold $10.1 billion of debt yesterday, Bloomberg data show.
Raytheon Co., the world's biggest missile maker, and ING Bank NV, a unit of the largest Dutch financial-services firm ING Groep NV, led investment-grade issuance of $7.84 billion, each selling $2 billion of notes.
The average yield on investment-grade bonds fell 1 basis point to 3.57 percent, according to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch U.S. Corporate Master Index. Investment-grade spreads were unchanged at 180 basis points, the index data show.
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XM Satellite led high-yield issuance of $2.28 billion, selling $700 million of eight-year notes.
High-yield, high-risk debt is rated below Baa3 by Moody's Investors Service and BBB- by Standard & Poor's. A basis point is 0.01 percentage point.
Standard & Poor's assigned Boca Raton, Florida-based FriendFinder's notes a grade of B, the rating company said in a statement.
The following is a description of at least $5.94 billion of pending sales of dollar-denominated bonds in the U.S.
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, the country's biggest lender, plans to sell debt due in December 2015 in a reopening of an earlier offering, according to a person familiar with the transaction. The notes may yield 68 basis points more than similar-maturity
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC plans to sell U.K. mortgage-backed
TRANSNET LTD., South Africa's state-owned ports, rail and pipeline operator, said it may sell $1 billion worth of bonds in
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK plans to sell sukuk in dollars, according to two people with knowledge of the sale. CIMB
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES LTD., India's biggest company by market value, plans to sell 10- and 30-year bonds in dollars, according to a person familiar with the plan, who asked not to be identified before a public announcement. Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc and Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc are managing the sale, the person said. Reliance
DOHA BANK QSC, Qatar's third-largest bank, may raise as much as $1 billion from bond sales, its chief executive officer said. The debt is likely to be for five years and is meant to "fix the maturity mismatch" on the bank's balance sheet, Raghavan Seetharaman said in a June 16 telephone interview from
KOREA GAS CORP., the world's biggest buyer of liquefied natural gas, plans to raise as much as $1 billion from dollar-denominated bonds to fund overseas investments, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The Seongnam-based company hired five banks to help it sell notes, the person said, declining to name the banks and asking not to be identified because the information is confidential. Deutsche Bank AG,
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STERICYCLE INC. plans to issue $175 million of seven-year, 3.89 percent notes and $225 million of 10-year, 4.47 percent debt after receiving informal commitments from 22 institutional
OMNOVA SOLUTIONS INC., the maker of specialty chemicals used in paper and carpets, plans to sell $250 million of senior notes to help fund its purchase of Eliokem International SAS and to repay or replace bank debt, the Fairlawn, Ohio-based company said in a statement. A new $200 million term loan will also help
SINO-FOREST CORP. plans to sell $500 million of seven-year bonds, according to a person familiar with the matter. Bank of America Corp. and Credit Suisse Group AG will manage the sale of debt, said the person, who asked not to be identified because
FRIENDFINDER NETWORKS INC., the publisher of Penthouse magazine, plans to sell $296 million of secured first-lien notes
ABENGOA SA, the Seville, Spain-based engineering and biofuel production company, plans to sell $600 million of seven-year senior bonds, according to a person familiar with the transaction. Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Credit Suisse Group AG and Deutsche Bank AG are managing the issue,
NOMOS BANK, a Russian lender, plans to sell between $300 million and $500 million of three-year bonds at a yield of about 6.5 percent, according to a banker with knowledge of the transaction. The Moscow-based bank is meeting bond investors for
AVANGARDCO INVESTMENTS PUBLIC LTD., Ukraine's biggest egg producer, hired Troika Dialog and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to
AIR MEDICAL GROUP HOLDINGS INC., the provider of emergency transportation services in the Southern and Midwestern parts of the U.S., plans to sell $545 million of eight-year notes to pay for its acquisition by Bain Capital LLC, according to a person familiar with the offering, who declined to be identified
TUTOR PERINI CORP. plans to sell as much as $300 million of senior unsecured notes, the construction company said in an Oct. 6 statement distributed by Business Wire. Proceeds may be used
OSO SEVERSTAL, Russia's largest steelmaker, plans to meet investors in Europe, Asia and the U.S. to discuss a sale of dollar bonds, according to a banker with knowledge of the roadshow. The company offered to buy back $450 million of bonds
Offerings in Pipeline
GEORGIAN RAILWAY LLC, the former Soviet republic's state-owned rail company, is preparing a bond roadshow in the U.S.,
CENTRAL CHINA REAL ESTATE LTD., part-owned by Singapore's CapitaLand Ltd., plans to sell bonds denominated in U.S. dollars to fund property projects, according to a statement to the Hong Kong stock exchange. Deutsche Bank AG, Nomura Holdings Inc. and
ICICI BANK LTD., India's second-largest lender, hired Barclays Capital, Citigroup Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG to sell as much as $1 billion of bonds with maturities between five and 10 years, according to three people familiar with the offering.
IRVING PLACE CAPITAL may issue $250 million of senior secured notes to help pay for its leveraged buyout of Thermadyne Holdings Corp. and refinance the company's debt, Thermadyne Chief Financial Officer Steven Schumm said in an Oct. 5 interview. The company will also arrange a $60 million asset-
KOREA NATIONAL OIL CORP. hired Barclays Plc, BNP Paribas SA, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG and Korea Development Bank for a sale of dollar bonds, a person familiar with the deal said on Oct. 6. The company known as KNOC said in September it plans to raise between $500 million and $1 billion
AL BARAKA BANK EGYPT ESC, a unit of Bahrain-based Albaraka Banking Group, may sell dollar-denominated Islamic bonds in the
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. is planning its first debt offering since its bailout two years ago as the insurer
TURKIYE IS BANKASI AS, a Turkish bank, applied to Turkey's
AEGIS LTD., an outsourcing unit of Essar Group, may sell the first non-convertible dollar bonds from an Indian information technology company. The company, which bought PeopleSupport Inc. in 2008, may sell its bonds as part of a financing package that would include a loan of as much as $350
GATX CORP., a Chicago-based company that leases railroad cars and other equipment, filed a shelf registration with the Securities and Exchange Commission to sell debt securities and
JSW STEEL LTD, India's third-largest steelmaker, plans to sell dollar bonds for the first time in three years and as rupee-denominated finance costs rise. JSW has applied for credit ratings before a possible offshore bond sale to help build a 200
ARGENTINA may sell $1 billion of bonds due in 2017, El Cronista newspaper reported, without saying how it obtained the information. The government is also planning to offer an
RURAL ELECTRIFICATION CORP., India's state-owned lender to power projects, may sell as much as $300 million of bonds in U.S. dollars, Finance Director Hari Das Khunteta said in a telephone interview. Rural Electrification plans to raise $500
CZECH REPUBLIC plans to sell as much as $2 billion of dollar bonds to diversify from koruna and euro debt, Eduard
POTASH CORPORATION OF SASKATCHEWAN INC., the world's largest fertilizer company by capacity, filed a registration
INDONESIA plans to name three banks to help it sell about $650 million of Islamic bonds, Dahlan Siamat, director for Islamic financing at the finance ministry, said in a telephone
JORDAN plans to sell about $500 million of bonds, Finance Minister Mohammad Abu Hammour said in an interview on June 23. The sale will be denominated in U.S. dollars "as it's a stable
URUGUAY may sell as much as $1 billion of bonds in 2011, including $500 million of dollar-denominated debt, Carlos Steneri, director of public credit at Uruguay's Ministry of Economy and Finance, said June 3 at a Latin Finance conference
MALAYSIA plans to raise about $1 billion from its first sale of conventional dollar bonds in eight years after drawing bids for five times the Islamic debt it offered, a finance ministry official said. The government may hire banks including CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. and HSBC Holdings Plc to arrange the sale by Sept. 30, said the official, who declined to be named as the discussions are private. Malaysia raised $1.25 billion from
GHANA is considering selling its second dollar bond in 2011 to tap investor demand as the start-up of oil production boosts economic growth and narrows the budget deficit, Deputy Finance Minister Fifi Kwetey said. The government was considering a "no-deal roadshow" to gauge international investors' appetite, Kwetey said in a May 26 interview in Abidjan. Ghana sold its
ANGOLA received credit ratings from Moody's, S&P, and Fitch Ratings that put it on par with Nigeria, Lebanon and Belarus, and paved the way for a planned sale of international bonds. The southern African nation's creditworthiness was rated at B+ by
MONGOLIA plans to raise $500 million selling bonds in 2010 and the remainder of a planned $1.2 billion program will be sold according to market conditions, Batbayar Balgan, director general of the financial and economic policy department of Mongolia, said at a forum in Ulan Bator on June 16. The government scaled back its plans for global bond sales after Europe's debt crisis drove up borrowing costs. Investment banks are advising Mongolia to issue debt with maturities of 5 years to 10 years, Finance Minister Sangajav Bayartsogt said in a Feb.


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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God."
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Saint Patrick is forever known for driving the snakes from Ireland. It is true that there are no snakes in Ireland, but there probably never have been - the island was separated from the rest of the continent at the end of the Ice Age. As in many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common and often worshipped. Driving the snakes from Ireland is more than likely an analogy of putting an end to such a pagan practice.
Saint Patrick not the first to bring Christianity to Ireland, but it is Patrick who is said to have encountered the Druids at Tara and brought an end to their pagan rites by winning them to the true faith. The story holds that he was used to bring conversion to the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the "Holy Wells" that still bear this name.
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The Jotunheimen is the literal high point of Norway. Within the Park there are more than 250 peaks rising above 1900 meters with over 60 glaciers. If that is not enough ice, just to the west of the Park is the Jostedalsbreen in the Breheimen - Home of the Glaciers - Europe's largest ice cap, covering 475 sq km, 1000 feet thick with 24 tongues coming down into surrounding valleys. Within the Jotunheimen Park, several ranges soar, separated by deep glacial valleys, wide glaciers and long fjord-like lakes. The local geography is fairly complicated but witihin the various peaks, valleys and glaciers you will find some of the most glorious alpine country - barely removed from the Ice Ages - that Europe has to offer. Highest peaks include Galdhopiggen - 2469 m and Glittertind - 2452 m (2470 m if you count the ice cap atop!). The rocky peaks of the Hurrangane attract rock climbers to the SW part of the Park. Tourists have been going intothe mountains since the last half of the century. Grab an old copy of 'Three Into the Mountains' for an amusing account of three intrepid late 19th century English visitors. The DNT - Norske Turistforegning - or Norwegian Hiking Association, has been building huts in the mountains, also, since the late 19th century and the club is responsible for many of the trails and huts in the mountains today. The Jotunheimen is one of the best organized regions for alpine touring with huts and lodges throughout connected by marked trails.
Access from Oslo is train to Otta - north from Lillehamar - and then bus to either the lodges on the Sognefjell road via the Boverdalen or via Randsverk to Gjendesheim. From Bergen, you catch a boat to Leikanger and bus to the Sognefjell lodges via Sogndal or you can catch another boat to Ardalstangen and bus to OVre Ardal to access the Park from trails coming in from the SW (Vetti-Skogadalsboen). The Park is not a car Park. For the non-hiker, your best views are from the Sognefjell highway where you can gaze out over the Smorstabbreen or from Gjendesheim where summer boats can take you up the long fjord lake of Gjende to Memurubu or Gjendbu. High mountains tower over head.
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- Cons:Huts can crowd up in the short summer; Skies can refuse to clear
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Just finished my Domb�s page. I made a link to this page in my hiking / climbing tip, hope you don't mind :-)
The perfect place to be - what a shame that I never made it up there !
Great pictures of this fantastic area! I never hiked there but the views from the car were stunning too.
Hi, Thanks for visiting my Norway pages. Nice pages on Jottenheimen! Looks like you had good weather for the majority of your trip? The view atop Glittertind was all I really got but a decent place to get your only view. Regards, Neil
The Bessegen, what a wonderful memory!!!! Quite cold there on the top isn't it? I was lucky, down....it become very sunny and I enjoyed a mediterranean climate and cenery!
Nice pictures and useful tips.
What a gorgeous scenery! Your fantastic page makes almost makes me going there right away :-) Very helpful tips also!
hi - this is a great page on one of my TOP MUST VISIT Countries.
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Diagnostics/Etiology and Pathophysiology
Power of metabolomics in biomarker discovery and mining mechanisms of obesity
Version of Record online: 27 DEC 2012
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12011
© 2012 The Authors. obesity reviews © 2012 International Association for the Study of Obesity
Obesity Reviews
Volume 14, Issue 4, pages 344–349, April 2013
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Zhang, A., Sun, H. and Wang, X. (2013), Power of metabolomics in biomarker discovery and mining mechanisms of obesity. Obesity Reviews, 14: 344–349. doi: 10.1111/obr.12011
Publication History
- Issue online: 13 MAR 2013
- Version of Record online: 27 DEC 2012
- Manuscript Accepted: 27 NOV 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 20 NOV 2012
- Manuscript Received: 11 NOV 2012
Funded by
- Key Program of the Natural Science Foundation of the State. Grant Number: 90709019
- National Specific Program on the Subject of Public Welfare. Grant Number: 200807014
- National Program for Key Basic Research Projects in China. Grant Number: 2005CB523406
- National Key Program on the Subject of Drug Innovation. Grant Number: 2009ZX09502-005
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- Biomarkers;
- early diagnosis;
- metabolites;
- metabolomics;
- obesity
Obesity, the prevalence of which is increasing rapidly worldwide, is recognized as a risk factor for diabetes, cardiovascular disease, liver disease and renal disease. Unfortunately, the mechanisms underlying it have not been well characterized. Fortunately, metabolomics – the systematic study of metabolites, which are small molecules generated by the process of metabolism – has been important in elucidating the pathways underlying obesity. Small-molecule metabolites have an important role in biological system and represent attractive candidates to understand obesity phenotypes. Metabolomic analysis is a valid and powerful tool with which to further define the mechanisms. Recent attention has focused on identifying biomarkers that would propose a better non-invasive way to detect or visualize obesity and prevent its events. The discovery of the biomarkers has become a key breakthrough towards a better molecular understanding of obesity. Thus, this review covers how recent metabolomic studies have advanced biomarker discovery and the elucidation of mechanisms underlying obesity and its comorbidities. The importance of identifying metabolic markers and pathways of disease-associated intermediate phenotypes is also emphasized. These biomarkers would be applicable as diagnostic tools in a personalized healthcare setting and may also open door to biomarker discovery, disease diagnosis and novel therapeutic avenues.


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Star Wars: why does the Empire keep building Death Stars?
Is there actually a story reason why the Empire in Star Wars is obsessed with Death Stars? We take a look...
This article contains spoilers for A New Hope, Return Of The Jedi and The Force Awakens.
In 1977's Star Wars (akaA New Hope), the Empire have finished building their ultimate weapon, the Death Star. It's a very important part of the Star Wars universe, chiefly because without it the name 'Star Wars' doesn't make as much sense. The first Death Star was destroyed at the end of that film, due to the Rebel Alliance capitalising on a structural weakness. It was replaced by a second Death Star, which was destroyed at the end of 1983's Return Of The Jedi after the Rebel Alliance capitalised on a structural weakness.
In 2015's The Force Awakens (AKA Here Comes The New Hope, Same As The Old Hope), the First Order's base of operations is a mobile ice planet. Whereas the Death Stars could wipe out whole planets, this Starkiller Base could destroy whole systems. It was destroyed at the end of the film due to the Resistance capitalising on a structural weakness.
Someone once said "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results." The quote is frequently attributed to Albert Einstein but there's no evidence to support this claim, and besides, Einstein was destroyed at the end of the film due to the Rebel Alliance capitalising on a structural weakness.
So, given that they want to win, why do the Empire and their offshoots keep on building Death Stars when they consistently fail?
There are two explanations, one based in the real world and one in the Star Wars universe.
The In Real Life explanation
The Death Star is mint.
It blows up a whole planet, just in case you weren't sure that the Peter Cushing-led bad guys were definitely evil, and it's HUGE. Plausibly moonish, some might say. Geeks like made-up tech that does impressive things, and this is a giant robot marble that floats around space like a malevolent National Lottery finger. Plus it has nooks and crannies. Plus it has a canteen. Plus it's in Star Wars, which is really good.
It went straight into our collective imaginations as shorthand for evil, epic destructive capabilities, so that when the Emperor says '...this fully operational battle station' you know the stakes have been raised. Likewise in The Force Awakens as soon as we realise that the planet is a Death Star, we know faeces just got non-fictional. That's why it keeps coming back, because it's cool and scary.
See also: 'Why don't we have another Hunger Games?'
The in-story explanation
According to the legends, a long long long time ago the Sith used huge Kyber Crystals (smaller ones are used in the construction of Light Sabers) to build superlasers capable of obliterating entire planets. The Geonosian weapon designers came up with a similar plan on the instructions of the Separatist Movement, which came into possession of Darth Sidious at the start of the Clone Wars (through no small amount of manipulation and treachery). When Darth Sidious became the Emperor he restricted access to Geonosis during construction of the battle station, so that it might remain a secret. Nonetheless, it was a long and difficult project, and such heavy protection and attempts to retrieve Kyber Crystals attracting suspicion and sabotage.
As a result, Princess Leia came into possession of technical readouts for the station after the Rebel Alliance noted that anything called a Death Star can't be good, and sent in troops to recover the plans. Clearly waiting for someone to leave a laptop on a train wasn't going to cut it here, and we'll be seeing that story soon in the film Rogue One. It's worth noting that Grand Moff Tarkin really wanted the Death Star to succeed. He'd dedicated nearly twenty years of his life to a project that had some resistance within the Empire, as well as the sheer administrative nightmare of building a space station the size of a small moon in secret using the famously placid Wookie race as slave labour. Tarkin and the Emperor believed the Death Star would be the ultimate deterrent, enabling the Empire to control the Outer Rim through fear of reprisals.
When you've spent a long time on a passion project you do sometimes allow the heart to rule the head. Sometimes your editor says that your ten page feature ranking all the Ewoks in order of derpyness 'could do with some trimming', and you refuse to believe him because you know in your heart that your article is nothing less than perfect. And so it was that Tarkin believed to the last that the Death Star would triumph. It had to, after he'd put so much time and effort into it, and when he was so close to total victory.
When it failed, the Emperor was sore miffed. He had the designer of the Death Star killed for allowing it one weakness, and then cloned him so he could begin work on the second one. This just goes to show that a high profile failure is not necessarily the end of your career, so much as an opportunity to get your name out there. It also shows the Emperor is perhaps blinkered in his vision, dedicated to destroying the rebellion and returning to the legendary days of Sith power. Hence, a second Death Star.
The construction was overseen by Tiaan Jerjerrod, who was afforded noticeably less time and money to build a superior battle station. While he certainly ensured that the exhaust shafts were secured on this model, he was being asked to achieve the impossible by the Emperor in terms of rapid construction and deployment. When the Emperor arrived on the Death Star II, it was still unfinished. Nonetheless, he felt secure due to the security measures in place guarding the shield generators on Endor. There's almost certainly an excellent reason why the shield generators could not be kept behind the shield.
The second Death Star was constructed on the edge of the Galaxy above Endor, and was built to maintain fear of the Empire and to restore confidence in its ranks after a devastating loss. The most rebellious planets would be hemmed in by the Imperial Fleet until the new Death Star could arrive, with the logic being that destroying the planets with the bulk of the enemy on them would be a decisive blow against the rebellion. Fortunately the Empire would never put up to two million military personnel in one location, so the same thing couldn't possibly happen to them. Twice.
There are many historical parallels with the Empire's behaviour. France's inability to defend Sedan – a vital strategic point akin to France's thermal exhaust shaft - from first Prussian then later German forces; Hitler deciding to invade Russia during the winter after it went so well for Napoleon; King James II of Scotland using a favoured cannon called 'The Lion' to attack Roxburgh Castle, only for it to explode and kill him. The First Order of The Force Awakens are inspired by the history of the Death Stars, which was in turn inspired by legends of the ancient Sith. And yet its destruction may have been averted if the First Order had watched Jurassic World.
The underlying theme of the second most popular movie of 2015 was a commentary on 'Bigger equals better', whereby the dinosaurs in the park were not deemed sufficiently awesome for tourists, and so a new made-up creature had to happen. The First Order regarded a planet-sized, galaxy-destroying battle station as the next step up from the Death Stars, with a planet in the Unknown Regions providing suitable cover for its construction. However, to destroy a star system required a different and greater power source, which was large enough to be dangerous to the planet itself. It needed to be regulated, thus providing a weakness for the base. The shield for the planet also had a weakness based on its size, and its controls were located in one place (though behind the shield itself this time, so kudos for that). Clearly the First Order had also neglected to play Goldeneye on the N64, which would have demonstrated the folly of such a plan. In an attempt to prove themselves mightier than their predecessors, the First Order ended up failing in much the same way.
The Emperor's hubristic desire to make the Death Stars succeed is similar, in some ways, to Stalin's Five Year Plans. Both came from situations of growing rebellion, and a desire to see any potential uprisings quashed by improved technology at the state's command. The industrial demands resulted in overworking the labourers (who were often prisoners), straining against a lack of time, internal purges of key personnel, and achieving some successes while failing to achieve their initial goals. In the end these plans failed due to their being overambitious. Building a moon-sized gun is also somewhat overambitious. Trying to use said gun once the blueprints for it have been stolen is optimistic at best. And yet in both cases the possibility of success, with one decisive move, kept inspiring them to repeating their mistakes.
I don't recall ever seeing eggs in a Star Wars film, but if the Empire do have access to them, they're clearly storing them in one basket, based on the assumption that they're too big to fail.
As a wise man once said, 'Don't get cocky, kid.'
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Lux: High-Efficiency Semiconductor Costs to Drop
Wide-band-gap semiconductor materials such as gallium nitride, or GaN, offer far higher efficiencies than traditional silicon but cost significantly more. But by 2020 GaN costs will drop enough for it to become competitive based on performance gains, according to a Lux Research report.
Bulk GaN is very expensive today, costing about $1,900 or more for a two-inch substrate, compared with $25 to $50 for a far larger six-inch silicon substrate. But GaN materials offer higher efficiencies than silicon, leading to greater energy savings in devices like power electronics, laser diodes, and light-emitting diodes (LEDs). These gains can offset cost disadvantages – the price-to-performance ratio is the key to adoption, according to Price or Performance: Bulk GaN Vies with Silicon for Value in LEDs, Power Electronics and Laser Diodes.
The future of bulk GaN is going to come down to how it faces off against silicon substrates, according to Pallavi Madakasira, Lux Research analyst and the lead author of the report. "Bulk GaN wins in laser diodes and it can become relevant in LEDs and power electronics by boosting yield and performance," said Madakasira.
Lux Research analysts broke down the manufacturing costs for ammonothermal and hydride vapor phase epitaxy, or HVPE, processes for making bulk GaN, as well as for GaN epitaxy on both silicon and GaN substrates, and determined where the price/performance trade-off will land. They found that HVPE is the cheaper alternative.
Two-inch ammonothermal substrate costs will fall by more than 60 percent to $730/substrate in 2020. While four-inch HVPE substrate costs will fall by 40 percent to $1,340/substrate in 2020, the larger size makes it the more economical choice, the report says.
Bulk GaN can overcome high cost by boosting performance in terms of lumen output in LEDs or volt-amp capacity in power electronics, by allowing the use of smaller dies and providing higher yields. In LEDs, GaN can match silicon with a 380 percent relative performance – an "ambitious but realistic" goal, according to Lux. For power electronics, performance at 360 percent of devices on silicon makes bulk GaN "a winner," according to Lux.
In July, researchers at the University of Arizona said they had developed semiconductor manufacturing process that cuts water and energy use by 30 percent. The university's SRC Engineering Research Center for Environmentally Benign Semiconductor Manufacturing's sensor-based approach delivers the savings in the rinse and cleaning of wafer semiconductor materials by monitoring the wafer's surface in real-time to curb excessive use of resources.
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Submitted: 03/27/2013
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- State wildlife officials say they won't authorize an elk hunt this year.
Department of Natural Resources big game ecologist Kevin Wallenfang issued a statement Wednesday saying the herd still hasn't grown enough to sustain a hunt.
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point reintroduced elk to Wisconsin in 1995, establishing a herd of 25 animals near Clam Lake.
State law prohibits hunting until the statewide population surpasses 200 animals.
Wallenfang's statement says the herd has seen ``moderate growth'' but didn't include any current population estimates. He didn't immediately return a telephone message.
Last summer the DNR estimated the herd stood at about 180 animals.
The Natural Resources Board has approved plans to import elk from willing donor states to bolster the Clam Lake herd and start a second herd in Jackson County.
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- Building a robot may seem like a pretty lofty summer camp goal, but teens in the Northwoods love the technological challenge.
It's all part of a summer camp that's heavy on science and social interaction.
13-year-old Sean Timm says the eight day robotics camp at Nicolet College mixed the best of both worlds.
"I like technology a lot more than I do outside stuff," Timm said. "It's kind of nice to have technology like drones to bring me outside. It's really fun."
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"The kids are getting experience from a mechanical engineering side, electrical engineering side, design, prototyping," said Wojtusik. "We try and cover as much as we can about the whole entire system."
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It surveyed the damage because of its severity and the extreme costs to fix.
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Big Fat Lies by Gary Taubes
I'm back again fighting the battle against my weight, cholesterol and blood pressure. As a guy who tries to be very rational and very scientific, I'm constantly looking for (and constantly frustrated) by the lack of rigorous and useful scientific data that guides me in trying to change my behavior to have a better health outcome. In doing this, I am frequently frustrated.
For instance, when I was a kid, we were warned about eating to much sugar. Sugar, it was said was the major cause of hyperactivity and tooth decay. In fact, both of those appear to be myths. Parents have been told that their kids will be more hyper when they've had sugar, and often apply a purely subjective standard for their children's behavior depending upon whether they know if they've had sugar or not. And of course pure sugar is relatively less of a problem than starchy carbohydrates because tooth decay is primariy caused by a bacteria which feeds on sticky starch which remains stuck to teeth, which causes them to emit acids which attack tooth enamel.
By the late seventies, the blame had shifted to dietary fats. It seems logical: if you are getting fat, it's probably, well, because you ate too much fat. So, a huge industry began which fed America based upon this wisdom: we saw the creation of larger and larger amounts of "low-fat" and "non-fat" foods, which we as Americans bought in vast quantities. And, the net result of all this was that obesity rates skyrocketed. In other words, when millions of Americans did what experts told them to do and lower their fat content, they became fatter and fatter, and dramatically so.
The Atkin "revolution" told us that much of what we learned was a lie: that in fact it wasn't fat which made us fat, it was carbohydrates. Our new demon was bread: you could eat all the steak you wanted, as long as you didn't eat any of that bread.
The fact of all of this is that food metabolism is very complex, and much of what people say about diet is not only incorrect, but in fact can't possibly be correct. As a for instance, the conventional wisdom is that "a calorie is a calorie". It doesn't matter if you eat fats or carbs or proteins, it all doesn't matter. If you have an excess of around 3500 calories, you will put on a pound of fat.
But this can't possibly be true. Let's say that it were true, and you were one of those lucky people who "hasn't gained a pound since college" (let's say that's 10 years ago). That means that in the span of 3653 days (we'll round), your total caloric intake as compared with your energy expected has to be balanced to within 3500 calories. That requires a precision of about one calorie per day. I burn a calorie in a few seconds of walking on a treadmill. Does that make any sense to anyone?
There obviously has to be more at work here.
I got on this track courtesy of Jay Parkinson's blog. He's an MD, and was writing about a retailer who pulled a T-shirt from their stores which carried the message "Eat Less". He said that he thought it was a bad thing, because anorexia accounted for a mere 1% of the population, while 35% of us were obese. According to figures provided by UN FAO (and linked by Parkinson) Americans consume on average 3790 calories per day. The American Heart Association suggests that I eat between 2000 and 2400 calories as a moderately active adult male in my age group. Let's say that my activity level burns 2200 calories per day, but that I am one of these "average" Americans. This means that I am overeating to the tune of 1590 calories per day. I should put on more than a pound every three days. If weight gain (and loss) were really as simple as Parkinson would have you believe, the real question isn't "why can't I seem to get thin" but rather "why aren't we all bursting our skins?"
Someone left this link to a talk by Gary Taubes on Jay's discussion board. I think it's pretty interesting, and points out some of these fallacies and the likely causes. I think that if I could internalize some of the lessons, it might prove to be helpful.


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|Application number
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|Jan 31, 2006
|Filing date
|Sep 2, 2004
|Priority date
|Sep 9, 2003
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|Issei Yokoyama, Yoshihito Yuhara, Junji Kojima, Takaaki Yada
|Original Assignee
|Horiba, Ltd.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (13), Classifications (7), Legal Events (3)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a measuring method of determining component concentrations in a solution including an efficient determination of a calibration coefficient from a solution spectrum and solvent spectrum to enable measurement.
2. Description of the Prior Art
It is necessary in various industrial and scientific fields to accurately measure the components in a sample or in a production environment. For example, in manufacturing semiconductor components high accuracy is required and the concentration of components in any chemical solution used must be carefully controlled in the production process. Additionally, temperature can also have an impact and will effect the measurement calculations. For example, to calculate component concentrations in a fluid solution at various temperatures, heretofor, calibration coefficients Mij(T1), Mij(T2), . . . Mij(Tk) at a plurality of different temperatures T1, T2, . . . Tk had to be determined, and at T=about Tk, the component concentration in solution Ci(T) was calculated by the following formula:
In formula (1), i denotes a component, λj denotes j-th wavelength, and S(λj, T) denotes the solution spectrum at arbitrary temperature T in j-th wavelength λj.
As can be determined a significant number of technical steps had to be performed by a skilled technician to obtain a large number of calibration coefficients.
Thus, there is a need for improving the ability to efficient control the measurement of components in a fluid solution.
An object of the present invention is to provide a measuring method of determining the amount of component concentration in a fluid solution by at various temperatures in a small number of steps. To achieve this object, a measuring method measures the component concentration in solution at an arbitrary temperature T by using a solution spectrum and solvent spectrum at each wavelength, a preliminarily determination of the calibration coefficient Mij(TO) for measuring concentration Ci of component i in solution at reference temperature TO, is obtained from a differential spectrum of solution spectrum S(λj, T) at temperature T in j-th wavelength λj and solvent spectrum B (λj, T) at temperature in j-th wavelength λj, for calculating the calibration coefficient Mij(TO).
In the invention, the solvent spectrum B (λj, T) is preferred to be expressed as
wherein ki (λj): coefficient of degree of i about temperature in j-th wavelength λj.
By calculating the differential spectrum of solution spectrum S (λj, T) at temperature T in j-th wavelength λj and solvent spectrum B (λj, T) at temperature T in j-th wavelength λj, with the calibration coefficient Mij(TO) for measurement of concentration Ci of component i in the solution at reference temperature TO determined preliminarily, the concentration of component i in the solution can be calculated. That is, in the invention, solution spectrum S (λj, T) and solvent spectrum B (λj, T) at various temperatures T can be determined as measured physical quantities, and instead of using plural calibration coefficients Mij(T1), Mij(T2), . . . Mij(Tk) at plural temperatures T1, T2, . . . Tk as in the conventional method, by using only one calibration coefficient Mij(TO)(i is component in solution, and j is wavelength point) at reference temperature TO, components concentration in solution at various temperatures can be accurately calculated. This invention requires only one calibration coefficient and since a determination of a calibration calculation takes most of the time and labor, the number of steps for acquiring the calibration coefficients is saved.
Also in the invention, the solvent spectrum B (λj, T) at temperature T in j-th wavelength λj is expressed as
wherein ki(λj): coefficient of degree of i about temperature in j-th wave length λj, and B (λj, T) is used by defining the n-th degree function of (T-TO).
For example, the invention can be applied in support of concentration management in a one-bath apparatus (see
a quick measuring response is realized when monitoring the concentration, and the follow-up performance depending on concentration changes of the chemical solution can be enhanced.
The objects and features of the present invention, which are believed to be novel, are set forth with particularity in the appended claims. The present invention, both as to its organization and manner of operation, together with further objects and advantages, may best be understood by reference to the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings.
Reference will now be made in detail to the preferred embodiments of the invention which set forth the best modes contemplated to carry out the invention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. While the invention will be described in conjunction with the preferred embodiments, it will be understood that they are not intended to limit the invention to these embodiments. On the contrary, the invention is intended to cover alternatives, modifications and equivalents, which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. Furthermore, in the following detailed description of the present invention, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to one of ordinary skill in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present invention.
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are described below by referring to the accompanying drawings. It must be noted, however, that the invention should not be limited by the illustrated preferred embodiments.
In a measuring method of determining component concentration in a solution, first calibration coefficient Mij(TO) is determined preliminarily to measure the concentration Ci of component i in the solution at a reference temperature TO (for example, 25� C.). At this time,
C i(T o)=ΣM ij(T o) S(λj , T o)+M io(T o)
wherein S(λj, TO) indicates the solution spectrum (absorbance spectrum, etc.) at reference temperature TO in j-th wavelength λj, and MiO(TO) is a constant not depending on the solution spectrum S(λj, TO), and relating to component i at the reference temperature TO.
Suppose the solvent spectrum of solvent (for example, H2O) as a principal component of the solution at a temperature T in j-th wavelength λj to be B (λj, T). At this time, it is defined so that the solvent spectrum B (λj, TO) at reference temperature TO in j-th wavelength λj may be zero in all wavelengths (the reference is shifted). That is,
B(λj ,T O)=0 (3)
At this time, as shown in
S(λj ,T)−B(λj ,T)=S(λj ,T o)−B(λj ,T 0)=S(λj ,T o) (4)
Therefore, putting S(λj, TO) in formula (2) into formula (4), and replacing Ci(TO) in formula (2) with Ci(T), the component concentration at temperature T after temperature correction can be expressed in the following formula.
Accordingly, the present inventors have provided an equation which can be implemented in a control system, for example, with the assistance of a computer to enable a constant monitoring of the components in a fluid solution with adjustments for temperature correction. The empirical derivation of this improvement verified the relationships and led the present inventors to simplifying the determination of a relevant calibration coefficient to enable an efficient and accurate determination of components in a fluid solution.
In the embodiment shown in
From formula (5), it is possible by only determining the calibration coefficient Mij(TO) of solution at reference temperature TO, and solution spectrum S (λj, T) and solvent spectrum B (λj, T) at various temperatures, for the component concentrations in the solution to be calculated, and only one calibration coefficient consuming time step in calculation is enough, and a number of preparatory measurement steps can be saved.
As known from
Referring to
To monitor the cleansing bath, measurements of the temperature of the bath are periodically taken and the component concentration is also measured at the flow cell over a predetermined range of wavelengths to determine absorbance for each wavelength point. Theses values can be used with the calibration coefficient in accordance with Equitation 5 to determine the specific level of concentrations adjusted by the current temperature of the bath.
Thus, it is possible to monitor and when necessary to adjust the ratio of components in the bath to maintain an optimum level.
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the just-described preferred embodiment can be configured without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the amended claims, the invention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.
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|Kyoto Dai-Ichi Kagaku Co., Ltd.
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|Horiba, Ltd.
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|Kyoto Dai-Ichi Kagaku Co., Ltd.
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|702/100, 250/339.12
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|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Sep 2, 2004
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I have come to this board many times wanting to start a journal of my own but always leave, never saying a word. I guess it is fear and past experiences motivating me to walk away. I'm brutally honest when it comes to my life and I find it hard to hold anything back, even when it means that people might think less of me. I am me and I don't know how to be anything else.
I was a member of another website BB and talked openly about my life. I was ostracized and condemned because I didn't fit their mold. It had left me unable to open up at PO. I think I am ready now though. Who knows, maybe my words will help someone else; maybe they will help me.
I am not sure what I should talk about first. My life has been so full of pain and joy. I have been through so much in 36 years and have lived a lifetime already. If I could go back in time would I change things? If I was able to, would it hurt the ones I love the most? I am always torn between wishing I could change the past and loving where it has brought me. I have gained knowledge and grown from it all but the scars have not healed. Will they ever?
But, to understand me and who I am today, I have to start with the beginning.
My life's path was set for me when I was brought home from the hospital. My Dad handed me to my Maternal Grandmother and she promptly handed me back stating "She's not Lorie". Lorie is my older sister by 3 years. She was everything to my Grandmother and no one else would ever be as wonderful as Lorie in her eyes. There were several grandchildren but, I suffered the brunt of her disapproval because we lived right down the street from her and saw her the most. We were forced to spend nights over there frequently so Mom and Dad could go out. She made a point to let me know each time that I would never measure up to Lorie. She would treat her like a queen while I was made to do slave labor. I was eager to help Grandma out in any way I could as that was the only way I would ever receive praise. I guess I just wanted to be as good as my sister was to her. I never gave up and have always held a 'never say die' attitude. I wouldn't be alive today if I didn't have that strength in me.
My grandfather, on the other hand, was much different. He loved me dearly and protected me from my Grandmother's wrath. He was my everything. That soon ended though, he died of cancer when I was 5. He was adored by all who knew him and his funeral procession spanned several miles. It was a huge loss for me and my family.
The death of my Grandfather left a huge hole in my life. I was too young to understand the affects it would have on me. It was the beginning of a 'domino effect' that has impacted my entire life and the choices I have made. I soon started looking for someone to fill that void.
There was a neighbor, a kind older married man, who had a pony farm right across the street from where I lived. I was horse crazy like most young girls were at that age. My Mom harmlessly suggested that I go talk to him ("Mr. Tom") when she saw him working in his yard. Everyone in the town knew him because he was quite rich (owned an oil company) and did so much for the community. He brought his ponies and Ferris wheel to all the local fairs. He also worked with many underprivileged or disabled children and had them out for field trips to his farm. I guess he seemed like the answer for a lost, hurting, lonely little girl.
Upon meeting him, I felt very comfortable and really enjoyed his company. He was funny and showered me with the love and attention I craved. He asked me if I wanted to come back and help him with the ponies. I, of course, said yes as it was a dream job for me. I started going down to help on weekends and after school each day. I accompanied him on errands regularly. I fed, watered, brushed, and exercised the ponies on a daily basis. I also took care of the barn cats and dogs among other various animals he had. I had so much fun just being there. There was always so much to do, see and learn. He treated me like his Grand Daughter and I loved him in return. He made me feel special and I trusted him. Going there lifted me up from the loss. It was a haven from the torment and teasing I endured at school. It was my most special place in the entire world.
I started to develop like girls do, only faster than the average. I don't remember exactly when things started to change with the way Mr. Tom acted towards me, I just know that they did around that time. Instead of the usual peck on the cheek and hug that I would give him out in the open upon greeting, he suggested that we go in the barn. When I questioned why, he said that his wife was jealous that he paid so much attention to me. The harmless peck on the cheek and hug turned into him holding me tightly against him and kissing me on the lips. I was grossed out by it but didn't question it. How could the man I adored and trusted for years, a pillar of the community, do anything wrong? I kept telling myself that 'he didn't mean it that way' and never told a soul. I cringe now when I look back and think about how I just accepted what happened and continued to go there.
The kissing soon turned into groping, touching me on the outside of my clothes and then underneath. I vividly remember when my period started. I was so worried about going there, that he would stick his hands down my pants and feel the pad. I had fears that it would all get worse if he knew I had 'become a woman'. I had devised a plan to avoid situations that would put me alone with him during that time. I loved the horses and ponies so much and I couldn't bring myself to stop going there. Mr. Tom knew how intense my love was for them and used them like a weapon against me. He knew he could do whatever he wanted and I would keep coming back. I wasn't old enough to understand what was happening, little alone accept the fact that what he was doing was so very wrong.
It eventually became too much for me to bear. My visits to the farm became less frequent and eventually stopped around age 15. My Mom questioned me about it and I really couldn't give her an answer. I didn't know how to tell her about what I endured. How could she ever believe me? How could anyone? He was thought so highly of by everyone. I eventually did tell her though, after I was married at 19. Mr. Tom died that summer and I never did get to confront him.
I was grateful though that he was most likely too old to even consider penetrating me. He probably would have, if was able to. I remind myself that it could have been so much worse. Thoughts of other children being molested by him have haunted me throughout the years. I am filled with guilt and regret for not speaking up sooner.
Maybe one day I will find the strength to stop crying my heart out over things I can't change. I was able to move on with my life. I try my hardest to forget about what happened or at least not dwell on it. I worry that it is here like a ghost, an invisible wall from the past; affecting what I do and the decisions I make in the here and now.


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Extra time off.
With the bye week they received with the help of the Texans going into the tank at the end of the season, the Patriots have had time to let some of their key players get healthy. The most key of them all being All Pro tight end Rob Gronkowski and his broken forearm.
Recent history.
The last time these two teams met it was also in Gillette Stadium. The Patriots came out with guns blazing and the Texans could never recover.
The final score was 42-14. Those 14 points by the Texans came in the third and fourth quarters with them struggling for life. The Patriots dropped their last 14 points in the fourth quarter, basically saying it was pointless to struggle.
The Patriots are coming into the playoffs like they usually do, strong and dangerous. They have lost only one game after their bye week back in Week 9. That loss was to the rugged San Francisco 49ers. Even in that game they mounted a (real) comeback attempt that fell short.
The Texans have lost three of their last four regular season games, dropping them from the first to the third seed in the playoffs. They also struggled mightily last week against the Cincinnati Bengals 19-13. Although the Bengals are no longer a push over as in years past, and are an up and coming team, it should not have been that close of a contest.
Not even worried about over confidence.
How can you ever be over confident with the Dark Lord of the Sith presiding over you. Bill Belichick has never coached a team that was too cocky or sure of themselves. It must be that "you're not there yet" message that keeps his teams hungry. And they already know how good Texan BBQ tastes.
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